S-2

On April 23, 1968 at 12:00 AM, S-2 experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, operated by Royal Netherlands Air Force - Koninklijke Luchtmacht, with the event recorded near Garderen Gelderland.

The flight was categorized as skydiving / paratroopers and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The single engine was engaged in a local skydiving exercice, carrying one pilot and three soldiers/skydivers. While in cruising altitude, the pilot stabilised the aircraft and the first skydiver jump out of the cabin when he apparently struck the stabiliser. The pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in an open field located between the villages of Garderen and Elspeet. The pilot and a second parachutist were injured while the first skydiver and a second parachutist were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration S-2, MSN 952, year of manufacture 1956.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.2332°, 5.7141°.